Elections
  • Giffords Vows to Return to Congress

    By AMANDA LEE MYERS and MICHELLE PRICE, Associated Press

    Rep. Gabrielle Giffords vows to return to Congress in a new book that details months of intense therapy and her emotional battle to come to terms with what happened when a gunman opened fire in front...

  • Romney to Go Deep in Spending Cuts

    By STEVE PEOPLES

    Mitt Romney will address one of the 2012 presidential contest's defining issues when he offers his plan to slash federal spending before a gathering of tea party activists. The Republican...

  • Herman Cain Rises in Poll Despite Scandal

    By JON COHEN, The Washington Post

    Businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are running nearly even atop the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows, with most...

  • Education Cuts Could Swing the 2012 Election

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    With stimulus money running out and the economy still in the doldrums, many of the key “toss-up” states in next year’s presidential race will be slashing their K-12 education budgets just as voters...

  • GOP TV: Lose the Game Shows, Give Us Debates

    Have the Republicans had too many debates? Conservative pundit Byron York argues that “the sheer number of debates raises the question of diminishing returns,” which reflects Rick Perry’s...